ScottishPower and SP Energy Networks have issued a roadmap which illustrates how local communities can play a key role in reaching the UK’s net zero goals. Published on Wednesday 23 October, Zero Carbon Communities provides forecasts from Capital Economics, which reveal that the UK will need to install more than…
SP Energy Networks (SPEN) has partnered with Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS) in an £8.5mn project designed to test the best ways to charge electric vehicles (EVs) at public venues, service stations and homes without their own driveways. Announced by Smarter Grid Solutions on Wednesday 10 April, the project will test…
Scottish Power has announced plans to spend up £6bn in the UK by 2022. This includes £2bn to be spent in 2019 as it targets investments including electric vehicle charging, smart grids and energy storage technologies. The company intends to spend 40% of the £6bn fund on new renewable energy…
ScottishPower has announced the launch of a tariff aimed at electric vehicle (EV) owners. Announced on Wednesday 30 January, the SmartPower Green EV January 2021 tariff is claimed to enable drivers to charge their car “at a 10th of the cost of petrol” through the use of off-peak electricity and…
As part of the company’s shift away from fossil fuels, ScottishPower is considering investing in solar power for the first time The Guardian reported on Friday 19 October. Chief Executive Keith Anderson told the newspaper: “You look at where the technology cost is getting to, and the possibilities of integrating…
ScottishPower’s portfolio of pumped storage, hydro and gas-fired generation has been acquired by Drax from Iberdrola, subject to Drax shareholder approval, it was announced on Tuesday 16 October. The £702mn acquisition consists of 440MW of pumped storage hydro, run-of-river hydro locations at Galloway and Lanark of 126MW, four Combined Cycle…